Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-04
CONGRESSIONAL.
The Senate Absorbed in Appropriation
Bills-Senator Hoar Attacks
Speaker Carlisle.
The Bill Accepting Grounds From The Com
mercial Club of Chicago for Sol
diers' Barracks Is Passed.
NLIN CONGRESS.
THE SENATE.

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days session at 10 a. IN.
Senator Edmunds withdrew his motion
70 reconsider the vote whereby the Sen
ate lew days since passed the House
bill TO confirm to Emile Guerin and Cheri
?. Major title to certain lands IN Pointe
Coopee parish, louisiana. The bill is
therefore passed.
A message from the House announcing
non.corcurrerce II the Senate amend
meIts 70 She naval appropriation bill was
presented and conference was ordered.
Senators Hale, Harrison and Beck were
appointed CoEIgrees.
\ few moments before II o'clock the
Senate closed the legislative day Of
Wednesday by adjournment, and at II
O'Clock opened the las. Legislative day of
the Forty-niEth Congress.
The resolution offered yesterday by Nj.
Cyckrell for select committee to exam
inc into the business methods of the eX-
ecutive departments in Washington, the
causes of delay in the transaction of
public business, and the necessity for ad-
ditioual buildings, etc, was taken up.
The resolution was agreed to.
The conference report on the House
dill authorizing the employment Of mail
messengers in postal service, was made
and conCurred in.
The Senate then, at l 80, proceeded to
.ae consideration of the legislative, execu-
tive ana judicial appropriation bill, voting
on me amendments recommended by the
committee on appropriations, as they
were reached.
AS the committee on appropriations had
reported very few amendments to the bill
and those of nut little importance, there
was no delay beyond that made necessary
5y the complete reading of the bill OLA
printed pages which vas done very rap
idly. and at 80 the eud was reached
TAen there were some propositions to in
crease salaries, but none OF them were
successful.
Ia response to al appeal made by Sen
ator Jones o. Nevada the amendment cut
ting down the appropriation for the Car
son mint from $40 $40 to SiG,+00 was
disagreed to, with the consent of Senator
Allison, and the appropriation for that
mint remains at S29,5
ALSO the bill which had been con-
structively in committee OF tie whole was
raD3rCed tc the tnate aud passed.
Senator Allison then submitted the con,
ference report Oh the sundry civil bill
and II was agreed to. Ia explanation OF
the action Of the Senate conterees S9na
+or Allison said il order TO come to ar
agreement they hsd to postpone severa
apnropriations which the Senate deemed
necessary. For instance they had TO con
sent TO reduction by one-half of the pro
vision to complete the International sur
Cav of the Mexican border
and the same Os to the survey
between British Columbia and Alaska
- too the Senate conferees had beer
obliged to surrender large appropria
tons for public buildings, as for instance
one at Los Angeles, Cal which had been
cut down from $3.50 900 to $4,000. HI
might run through the whole gamut O
public buildings and show how the Sen
ate conferees had to make concession
after concession. SO as to the coast sur
vev. the appropriation for tiel0 work haC
been cut down from $2lS,0 900 10 $lG0,
OAD, In these surrendeTs the eXpendi
lures were only postponed. They woulC
have to be provided for next year or thu
year after.
senator Hoar said he desired to cal
the attention of the Senate to wha
seemed TO him very grave evil, one tina
threatened in substance revolutionary
change in the constitutional methods o
Government. Waat, he asked, was TIT
effect of the holding back Of appropria
ton bills until the last seven or ten O.
fifteen DAYS Of the session Of Congress
The result Wss that unless the HOus
and Senate both submitted to the dicta
ron of some three or four men who hap
,,aned TO be members of the COMMITTEES
IN sDprop,latloIs ir the House of Rep
resentatives on the majority sld'
The great appropriation bills failed, ant
an extra session became necessary. 1t /
perfectly notorious, Mr.. President, tina
This body has passed bill after bill Will
substantial unauimity having no p0'itica
significance, bills matured by abb mel
on the other side OF this chamber Sni
having the Endorsement Of their grea
authority. and yet because three or fou
persons clothed with the authority OF tn
House of Representatives chose to OPP
pose those bills they could not get con
sideratiSn in that body, although there i
no manner OF doubt that nine-tenthS o
the members of the House wOul
he in their favor if they wer
brought up. That is 8 condition
OF things which In the time Of our father
would have caused a revolution. Wn,
does not know, who Is familiar with IN
course OF lee Station IN the last three 0
four Congresses, that measure after meas
ure which had received substantially tn
upspfmsus approval of this body, repre-
senting the thirty-eight American states
and which would receive substantially tn
unanimous approval Of the other House
representing the people more directly,
not perm1tted to be taken up oecaus
these appropriation bills are held over tn
heads of all business, and are used to kee
other measures out for the reason tbs
three or four persons happen 10 dlsal
nroye OF them. l read the other day in
newspaper q letter from gentleman
VINO was said to be Speaker of the Hous
of Representatives. q will not under
tske now to say whether he hoIds ths
office or not.) 1t was addressed 10
Gentleman who was said to hold the OHIO
of chairman of the committee on apprC
nriations in the House of Representative
and to two other gentlemen OF wild
national reputation, holding high pos
lions in the councils of the Democrat
party. These three gentlemen had writ
fen to the Speaker and complained tint
+hev had not been recognized by him ft
the purpose of moving measure for u
of +ba tariff which the America